held up, smooth headway over 4f out, led over 3f out, driven clear over 1f out, easily
led, headed over 5f out, soon ridden and weakened
mid-division, headway over 4f out, ridden over 2f out, stayed on under pressure inside final furlong to take 2nd near finish, no chance with winner
in touch, driven over 4f out, soon lost place, weakened over 2f out
tracked leader on inside, lost place over 5f out, soon ridden, weakened 3f out
in touch, headway to lead over 5f out, headed over 3f out, soon ridden, stayed on same pace
in touch, headway over 4f out, ridden to chase leaders over 3f out, weakened final furlong
mid-division, headway over 3f out, ridden to chase winner over 1f out, hung left and one pace final furlong, no extra towards finish
behind until kept on final 2f, never near leaders
Inherent gets the call in an interesting bumper ahead of City Of Manchester and Sandysnowing. It is hard to escape the claims of Inherent, a 30,000 guineas purchase who is a well-bred son of In The Wings. Third on his Towcester debut to what is probably a reasonable performer, we are happy to give him the vote. The Dandy Nicholls-trained City Of Manchester catches the eye. A 24,000 guineas purchase, the trainer does not have too many runners at this level and he has to be respected. Howard Johnson's 200,000 euros purchase Sandysnowing also catches the eye, while Taras Knight cost 30,000 euros and has something to like on breeding. Bought back for 20,000 guineas at the sales, Celtic Realm is bred to be better than his bumper debut suggested, while Mick Easterby's Cheer Us On is one to have a look at in the betting. Burnt Oak was a fair third to Programme Girl on her debut (Hardknott was fifth) and this cheap purchase might go well, but for the selection we return to Inherent.
Burnt Oak (UAE) 14-1 (10-12) Held up, ridden and headway over 3f out, stayed on final 2f, 3rd of 8, 4 1/2l behind Programme Girl (10-5) at Ayr 1m 6f nhf (H) sft.
Celtic Realm (IRE) 6-4fav (10-12) Mid-division, ridden 5f out, soon beaten, 10th of 13, 28l behind Sword of Damascus (10-7) at Exeter 1m 5f nhf (H) gs in Oct.
Cheer Us On Bahhare gelding out of a lightly-raced mare.
City of Manchester (IRE) Desert Style gelding, half-brother to winning stayer Thewhirlingdervish.
Cold Call Cois Na Tine gelding, half-brother to winning hurdler/chaser Saucy Night.
Sandysnowing (FR) Sendawar colt out of an unraced mare.
Inherent (IRE) 3-1fav (10-5) Held up tracking leaders, led over 3f out, soon ridden, headed over 1f out, no extra, 3rd of 10, 1 1/2l behind Sword of Damascus (11-0) at Towcester 1m 5f nhf (H) sft.
Spring Ice Parthian Springs filly out of a lightly-raced mare.
